Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food: Exploring Alternatives

by Moya Kneafsey, Rosie Cox, Lewis Holloway, Elizabeth Dowler, Laura Venn

Overview

Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food presents a detailed and empirically grounded analysis of alternatives to current models of food provision. The book offers insights into the identities, motives and practices of individuals engaged in reconnecting producers, consumers and food. Arguing for a critical revaluation of the meanings of choice and convenience, Reconnecting Consumers, Producers and Food provides evidence to support the construction of a more sustainable and equitable food system which is built on the relationships between people, communities and their environments.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845202521
Publisher:	Berg Publishers
Publication date:	10/01/2008
Series:	Cultures of Consumption Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Moya Kneafsey is at Coventry University. Rosie Cox is at Coventry University.

Lewis Holloway is at Coventry University.

Elizabeth Dowler is at University of Warwick.

Laura Venn is at Coventry University.

Helena Tuomainen is at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine at the University of Warwick.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Contextualising Alternative Food Relationships * Chapter 2. Conceptualising Alternatives Within a Framework of Care * Chapter 3: Researching Alternative Food Networks * Chapter 4: Analytical Description of Six Alternative Food Schemes * Chapter 5: Growing and selling food: producers and production * Chapter 6: Reconnecting Producers and Consumers: identities and motives * Chapter 7: Locating food in everyday life: Consumer practices, care, convenience and choice * Chapter 8: Conclusions: Reconnection Through Care